Garment detachable snap fasteners



,Affe

Nov. 28, 1961 M. J. CARPINELLA 3,010,169

GARMENT DETACHABLE SNAP FASTENERS Filed Feb. 24, 1958 vMVr-:mon MichaelJI CarpheH United States Patent 3,010,169 GARMENT DETACHABLE SNAPFASTENERS Michael J. Carpinella, Waterbury, Conn., assignor to ScovillManufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of ConnecticutFiled Feb. 24, 1958, Ser. No. 716,925 3 Claims. (Cl. 24-107) Thisinvention relates to improvements in detachable snap fasteners of thestud and socket type to be used on garments or other articles to belaundered, such as the cuffs of mens shirts or ladies blouses.

Heretofore, in the use of snap fasteners on garments, it has beencustomary to permanently -attach a stud member to one part of thegarment that was to'be connected to the other part. This was alwaysobjectionable in that the stud member could sometimes be mutilated inlaundering, 4and the projecting stud would always product unsightlywrinkles in the garment material around the stud element during thelaundering operation.

It is, therefore, one of the objects of this invention to provide atwo-pant snap fastener construction wherein the two parts can beseparately engaged and carried in separated portions of the garment andthen detachably engaged with each other for attaching the garment partstogether.

Another object is to provide a novel type of stud member constructionhaving a resilient portion andl a rigid portion wherein the resilientportion serves to detachably hold the stud unit in the eyelet grommetattached to one part of the garment and therigid portion has the usualsnap fastener action with a resilient socket in another part of thegarment. Thus, while in ordinary use the stud will not fall away fromthe garment when the garment parts are uniastened, it may, nevertheless,be removed for laundering purposes. The full nature of the presentinvention, and further objects and advantages thereof, will be moreapparent from the following description when read in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. l is a cross-sectional view of assembled stud and socket membersand eyelet grommets on the garment parts to be attached together inaccordance with my invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the detachable socket member;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the detachable stud member;

FIG. 4 is an end view of a garment cui showing the stud and socketmembers in position ready to be assembled;

FIG. 5 is a modified form of construction wherein the resilient socketis attached permanently to one part of the garment and the stud elementand eyelet grommets are substantially the same as the first form;

PIG. 6 is an end view of the garment construction showing the fastenerelements of FIG. 5 ready for assembly; and

FIG. 7 is a modified form of the stud member.

The invention as represented in FIG. l comprises in general a resilientsocket member 10, a combination rigid and resilient stud member 11 andeyelet grommets 12 and 13 which may be secured in overlapping portions14 and 15 of a garment to be secured together such as a cuffconstruction 16 shown in FIG. 4. The eyelet grommets 12 and 13 and theresilient socket member 10 are substantially the same as those disclosedin my prior Patent 2,683,908 except that the center openings of theeyelet grommets and the shank of the socket member are round instead ofpolygonal.

The combined rigid and resilient stud member consists of a tubular post17 having a rigid bulbous portion 18 at one end, an intermediate reducedportion 19 and an 'ice outwardly extending radial flange 20 at itsopposite end joined to said post by radius 2l, and a resilient element22 is provided that surrounds the post 1'7 and consists of a flange 23and a series of resilient fingers 24 biased upwardly and outwardly fromsaid iiange. The fingers terminate in beaded tips 25 disposed incircumferentially spaced relation around the reduced section i9 of saidbe adorned with a decorative head 27 wherein the innerV face of the head27 is formed with a recess 28 within which is seated the iiange 20 ofthe post 17. The flange 23 of the resilient element 22 is co-extensivewith the rear face of the head 27 and is provided with circumferentialflange 29 surrounding the edge of head 27 and having its free edge spunover against the outer face thereof as at 30, as -a means for holdingIall three parts of the stud member together as a single unit.

In the assembly of the stud and socket members of the rst form of theinvention, these members may function las a detachable cuff link forholding the open end of a cuff construction together and for thispurpose, the socket element may rst be assembled into one of the eyeletgrommets such as at 12 While the combined rigid and resilient studmember 11 is assembled into the other eyelet grommet 13 with the fingers24 of its resilient element having snap locking engagement with saidgrommet. It will be observed that with my improved construction, boththe socket member and the stud member are detachably engaged in theirrespective eyelet grommets without danger of falling out even though theopen end of the cuf't` is still separated. To connect the open end ofthe cuff, it is only Anecessary to axially force the socket and studmember together, they being retained in substantial axial alignment,while being carried inthe cuff eyelet grommets and the rigid bulbousportion 18 will be releasably engaged with the resilient fingers 10a ofthe socket member 10.

In the form shown in FIG. 5 a laundry-proof socket of a well-known typemay be permanently attached to one part 14a of a garment and consists ofa socket member 31 having resilient fingers 32, said member beingattached to the garment part by an attaching prong ring 33.

The combined resilient and rigid stud member 11a is substantially thesame as the one shown in FIG. 1 except for the manner in which the studmember is attached to the decorative head 27a. In this construction, thestud flange 20a is coextensive with the rear face of the head 27a andthe ange 23a of the resilient element 22a is clinched about acircumferential bead 34 on said head as at 30a. Aside from the abovedifference, the stud member has the resilient ngers 24a for detachableengagement with an eyelet grommet 13a in the other pant 15a of thegarment. -manently attached to one overlapping portion of a garment, andan eyelet grommet is attached to another portion, my fastener is welladapted for use on nurses garments or the like. When the stud member llais thus assembled, in the eyelet grommet 13a, it Will not fall out fromthe garment even though not attached to the socket in the over-lyingportion of the garment. To hold the garment parts 14a and 15a together,it is only necessary to axially force the rigid head 18a of the studinto the resilient iingers 32 of the socket member 31.

FIG. 7 discloses a modified form of the stud wherein the resilient partand the rigid part of the stud are made from a single blank instead oftwo separate parts as dis- Patented. Nov. 28,1961

In this form wherein the socket is perclosed in the rst form. YIn thisconstruction, the stud member consists of a tubular post 35 having arigid bulbous-shaped head 36 at one end and a radial ange 37 at itsopposite end. The post 35 is formed with an intermediate enlargedportion 38, joined to the head 36 by a shoulder 39 and contracted neck4l). A series of longitudinal slots 41 are provided in the post 35, saidslots extending from the contracted neck 40, through the shoulder 39,enlarged post portion 3S and through the ange 37 intercepting itsperiphery. The slots 41 are for the purpose of permitting the enlargedportion 38 of the stud to resiliently give when the post is beinginserted into the eyelet grommet. The stud member is completed by havinga cap 42 that covers the outer face of the ange 37 and may be attachedthereto by having its edge spun over about the flange periphery as at43. While the slots 41 are here shown as extending through the entirewidth of the stud ange for convenience of manufacture, it is possible tomake the stud with the slots 41 extending only a short distance into thei'lange and still obtain the required resilient action to the enlargedportion 38 of the stud member.

Changes may be made in the described structures without departing fromthe spirit of the invention, the scope of which should be determinedfrom the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a garment construction, the combination with two parts to bedetachably secured together wherein an eyelet grommet is attached to onepart, of a separable snap fastener of the stud and socket typecomprising a socket member carried by the other part, and a combinedrigid and resilient stud member containing as a single unit a posthaving a rigid bulbous portion and a resilient portion consisting of aseries of resilient fingers biased outwardly from said post andterminating in beaded ends arranged in a circle of larger diameter thanthe rigid portion, said rigid portion extending beyond said beaded endsof said ngers in an axial direction, said flexible fingers of said studmember having detachable snap action engagement with said eyelet grommetand said rigid stud portion having detachable snap action engagementwith said socket member for holding said two garment parts together.

2. In a garment construction, the combination with two parts to bedetachably secured together wherein an eyelet grommet is attached toeach of said parts, of a separable snap fastener of the stud and sockettype comprising a socket member having releasable snap action engagementwith Vone of said grommets, and a combined rigid and resilient studmember containing as a single unit a post having a rigid bulbous portionand a resilient portion consisting of a series of resilient lingersbiased outwardly from said post and terminating in beaded ends arrangedin a circle of larger diameter than the rigid portion, said rigidportion extending beyond said beaded ends of said ngers in an axialdirection, said stud resilient portion having detachable snap actionengagement with the other of said grommets and said rigid portion havingdetachable snap action engagement with the 'socket member in said iirstgrommet for holding said two garment parts together.

3. A snap fastener stud element for detachable connection to an eyeletgrommet and a resilient socket element, said stud element comprisinga'tubular post having a rigid bulbous portion at one end and a radiallyextending flange at its opposite end, and a resilient elementsurroundingsaid post and having a series of exible ingers biasedoutwardly relative to said post, said ngers terminating in beaded endslocated inwardly of the bulbous portion of said stud, said elementhaving a radial ange seated upon said post ange, and means for anchoringsaid two anges together to hold said post and resilient element togetheras a unit.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS829,359 Weidmuller Aug. 21, 1906 2,164,053 Dews June 27, 1939 2,179,604Tinnerman Nov. 14, 1939 2,683,908 Carpinella July 20, 1954 FOREIGNPATENTS 350,262 France L oet. 26, 1905 457,912 France July 24, 1913

